After five decades, I visited Xavier’s on18th Sept 21 when I was in Jaipur for a family function. The glorious façade – a landmark in Jaipur- with its unique architecture drew me in and the first port of halt … Continued
I remember first reading ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ as a Classics Illustrated Comic in 1965 at Uran. It had a beautiful hand-painted cover that showed Edmond Dantes, the sailor, reveling in the treasure of Monte Cristo!. I still have … Continued
The first science-fiction that I encountered were in Classics Comics Illustrated – “The War of the World”, “The Time Machine”, ….in beautifully hand-drawn story versions of the classics that whetted my appetite. The works of HG Wells and Jules Verne … Continued
“ “..Do you think there are many people like her?” Asked Jane Heiler”. (Reference to Ms Marple in Agatha Christie’s “Tuesday Club Murders”). How apt the quote fits the creator! My maternal grandfather had an excellent taste of reading … Continued
Erle Stanley Gardner was a prolific American author who pioneered a fascinating genre of crime stories- featuring the adventures of a brilliant, young lawyer – Perry Mason as he solved murder frame-ups and legal traps that his clients got into. … Continued
As mentioned earlier, I first encountered Billy Bunter at the library of St.Xavier, Jaipur. They had a whole shelf of the earlier era hardbound Cassell version of the stories. Simiilarly, Oxford library during my Kolkata stay had several yellow-jacketed … Continued
Today…I possess 498 out of the 499 titles published in the long-lost JSF picture library! This post shares how I tracked and recovered these long-lost treasures. In 1969, My dad got transferred to Jodhpur. I still remember riding in a truck full … Continued
My introduction to the Western Genre was thru Rifleman comics at the age of 5 years! I still have those comics from Uran era (ref post1 ). Chuck Connors starred as Lucas Mccain – the single father rearing his teen-aged … Continued
In 81, post retirement, my dad returned to Delhi and we shifted in to the top floor of the Daryagunj house. One of the highlights of the shift was that I became a regular weekly visitor to the book market … Continued